Callistemon Red Alert 140mm pot

🌿✨ Callistemon viminalis ‘KPS38’ RED ALERT™ PBR – Red Alert™ Bottlebrush ✨🌿
RED ALERT™ Bottlebrush is a brilliant compact native shrub with masses of vivid red flowers and a naturally dense habit — a premium choice for bright colour, bird attraction, and low-maintenance structure. ❤️🐦
 
🌱 Size & Pot
✔️ 140mm pot – a great planting size ready to establish quickly 🌱
✔️ Naturally compact, bushy form; ideal for feature planting, low hedging, and mass planting 🌿
 
☀️ Sun & Soil
✔️ Full sun to part shade ☀️🌤️
✔️ Well-drained soil; mulch and water while establishing 🌱💧
✔️ Drought and frost tolerant once established ❄️💧
 
🍂 Foliage & Seasonal Changes
✔️ Fresh green evergreen foliage for year-round colour and structure 🌿✨
✔️ Brilliant red bottlebrush flowers through the warmer months, often with repeat flushes ❤️🌸
✔️ Evergreen — keeps gardens looking full and tidy all year ✅🌿
 
🌳 Growth Habit & Mature Size
✔️ Compact, rounded habit; dense and easy to manage 🌿✅
✔️ Grows approx. 1.5–2m tall × 1.5–2m wide
✔️ Responds well to light pruning after flowering to keep it thick, tidy, and flowering strongly ✂️🌿
 
💡 Special Characteristics
✔️ We are a licensed Ozbreed Grower Nursery, licence number OEA-0287 ✅
✔️ Improved tough, compact form — perfect for low-maintenance modern gardens 🌿✨
✔️ Outstanding red flowers attract birds, bees, and pollinators 🐦🐝
✔️ Hardy native shrub for sunny gardens and exposed positions 💪🌱
✔️ Great choice for neat hedging, feature planting, or adding bright native colour ❤️🌿
 
🌸 Planting Ideas
✔️ Plant as a colourful feature shrub in a sunny garden bed ❤️🏡
✔️ Use as a low informal hedge or screen along fences and boundaries 🌿✨
✔️ Mass plant for a vibrant native border full of bird activity 🐦🌸
✔️ Pair with lomandras, westringias, and other hardy natives for a low-maintenance Australian look 🌾🌿